13 years after the King Injo Revolt, the Chosun Dynasty is attacked by the Chung Dynasty of China. A young man named Na-mi leaves his demolished village to find his young sister, Ja-in, and her finance Su-koon, who were to wed on the very day of the attack. While on his mission to rescue her, he is being traced by Jushinta, a fierce Chung Warrior, and his band of malicious men who are out to stop him. Na-mi has but a day to rescue his sister before she is taken away to be a s... expand

13 years after the King Injo Revolt, the Chosun Dynasty is attacked by the Chung Dynasty of China. A young man named Na-mi leaves his demolished village to find his young sister, Ja-in, and her finance Su-koon, who were to wed on the very day of the attack. While on his mission to rescue her, he is being traced by Jushinta, a fierce Chung Warrior, and his band of malicious men who are out to stop him. Na-mi has but a day to rescue his sister before she is taken away to be a slave. When Na-mi finally finds his sister, Jushinta comes between them and a fierce battle between two of the finest warriors unfolds.

Global smash hit TRAIN To BUSAN (2016) director YEON Sang-ho’s new project has a premiere date. “Psychokinesis has secured its release date in February, 2018.” Korean film investor and distributor NEW announced in a press release on October 18th. TRAIN TO BUSAN production company REDPETER FILMS and NEW are on board again for Psychokinesis which is director YEON’s second live action film. YEON prev...

Latest fro Melodrama Hitmaker HUR Jin-ho HUR Jin-ho’s Colonial Era drama The Last Princess wrapped up its four-month shoot in Korea and Japan on March 23rd. The Lotte Entertainment title features stars SON Ye-jin, PARK Hae-il and YOON Je-moon. Based on the 2009 novel ‘Princess Deokhye’ by KWON Bi-young, the film features SON as the titular monarch, the last princess of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, wh...

Former Festival Winners Include Berlinale-winning director NA Young-kil (Hosanna)RYOO Seung-wan and MOON So-ri-directed Short Films to Receive Special Screenings The 14th Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival opened Thursday (25 June) at Megabox with opening screener “Moving Self-Portrait 2015” that consists of video clips shot by the entrants in the festival’s competition section. The festival has ...

5 films for International Co-production Incentive Support 2013 chosen The result of evaluation for International Co-production Incentive Support 2013, a project run by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) for activation of international co-production of Korean films, has been made. KIM Yong-hwa’s Mr. Go, PARK Myeong-cheon’s The Host 2, AN Byung-ki’s remake of The Phone, JEON Kyu-hwan’s Painter (worki...

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced successful results from the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival and 8th TIFFCOM market after a presentation on co-productions and locations incentives, the Ko-production in Tokyo project meetings, and film sales at the KOFIC umbrella stand. On Oct. 26 at TIFFCOM, KOFIC held a presentation on Korea’s Global Contents Fund and its Location Incentive ...

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has put out a report for 2011 stating South Korea had a record year at the box office. Total box office receipts came to a record KW1.23 trillion (US$1.1 billion) last year, up 7.4% from 2010. Admissions also rose to 159 million, up 8.7% compared to the year before. Korean films took 52% market share, making it the first time in four years that they took mor...

With close to 4.5 million admissions recorded since its Sept. 22 release, the hard-hitting drama <Silenced> continues to make its presence felt at the local box office. In the two weeks from October 4-18, the film sold close to 1.4 million tickets, as local press continued running stories about sexual harassment and the real-life trial on which the film was based. Nonetheless by mid-October...